About Benti Village

Benti is a large village in Tandwa tehsil, in the district of Chatra, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,260, made up of 1,700 males and 1,560 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 918 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1133.25 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 825321, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Benti Overview

Census 2011 figures for Benti village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Chatra
Tehsil	Tandwa
Pincode	825321
Area (hectares)	1133.25 hectares
Population	3,260
Male Population	1,700
Female Population	1,560
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	918
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Benti compares

By the 2011 count Benti is the 8th largest of the 91 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,246 residents. Its 1133.25 hectares work out to about 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 983.

Getting to Benti

Benti is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Benti as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Benti from other places

Benti lies about 57 km from Chatra, and the nearest railway station is Ray, about 5.0 km away. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Distances from Benti
Nearest railway station	Ray	5.0 km
Nearest town	Churi	6.9 km
Tehsil headquarters	Tandwa	16 km
District headquarters	Chatra	57 km

Villages closest to Benti

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Tandwa tehsil.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

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Common questions about Benti

As per the Census of India 2011, Benti village had a population of 3,260. That makes it the 8th largest of the 91 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,246 residents.

Benti village has 1,700 males and 1,560 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Benti has about 918 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 983.

The pincode recorded for Benti is 825321. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Benti covers 1133.25 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Benti falls under Tandwa tehsil of Chatra district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Benti is Ray, about 5.0 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Benti.

Benti is about 57 km from Chatra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Benti is in Tandwa tehsil of Chatra district. Ray is about 5.0 km away. Churi is about 6.9 km away. Tandwa is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.